Born: September 23rd, 1934 Died: December 7th, 2023 With his keen intellect and uncompromising spirit, playwright, novelist and academic Thomas Kilroy will be remembered as one of the most distinguished and groundbreaking Irish writers of his time, one of the last of a generation that included Brian Friel, John B Keane and Tom Murphy. Born in 1934 on Green Street, in Callan, Co Kilkenny, Kilroy was one of 10 children. His parents came from Caltra in east Galway and his father was a Garda sergeant. He attended St Kieran’s College, where, as a young sportsman, he captained the senior hurling...